- Japan's space agency has retrieved a capsule, which is carrying asteroid samples that could explain the origin of life, from a remote area of southern Australia.
- Hayabusa2 had successfully released the small capsule and sent it toward Earth to deliver samples from a distant asteroid Ryogu.
- Hayabusa2 left the asteroid Ryugua year ago. After it released the capsule, it moved away from Earth towards a new expedition to another distant asteroid.